Blackburn Hall

Main Stage moonlight and magnolias

Jan 11 – Feb 4, 2012

Comedy by Ron Hutchison

In 1939, producer David O. Selznick is faced with a dilemma: the script for his next epic film Gone with the Wind just doesn't work. Calling in the aid of legendary screenwriter Ben Hecht and director Victor Fleming, Selznick sets the trio to work on a marathon re-writing session.

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Studio Theatre

Feb 1. –25, 2012

Pulitzer drama by John Patrick Shanley

Doubt, a parable pits Sister Aloysius Beauvier against Father Flynn as she attempts to protect the students of St. Anthony’s Catholic school from happenings that may or may not be what they appear. Or, does Sister Aloysius have another agenda? You decide.

Set in 1964 in the Bronx, Doubt, a parable, originally written by John Patrick Shanley, centers around a priest and his colleague, Sister Aloysius, as she suspects him of wrongdoing with their school’s first African American student. Sister Aloysius faces a grave decision: openly accuse a higher-up without firm evidence, or bury her suspicions and leave room for doubt. Doubt offers a tough and timely examination of the line between gossip and truth, justice and compassion, certainty and doubt.

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Play Readings

Sunday Feb. 19 2012
"Sex, Lies and Audio Tapes"

Click titles for description of readings"Fourteen" by Alice Gerstenberg

Society Hostess Mrs Pringle throws a Dinner Party, inviting fourteen of society's cream. Tonight's gathering is especially important because she has invited the most elegible bachelor in town and intends that he shall be impressed not only by Mrs Pringle's status as a hostess but also by the charm and beauty of her only daughter, Elaine. But when her guests begin to cancel the evening appears to be headed for a disastrous course.Can she and her staff salvage the evening?

"Airfield" by Bob Tucker

Fred and Lucy seem to have stumbled onto a real fly-by-night outfit when they signed up with Young Yettie Airways to fly to Barcelona. No hospitality, no departure lounge, not even any seats, and now there are delays and they might have to fly via Dublin...or is there something else afoot?

"4 a.m.: Open All Night" by Bob Krakower

It's almost 4 a.m., and three people are in an all-night diner. Jim (the cook) talks with a customer while a third man drinks coffee a few stools away. The talkative guy feels constricted by his girlfriend, who doesn't understand why he'd get up, get dressed, and head for the diner in the middle of the night. As he talks, a woman walks in, and they exchange glances. Will it come to more than that, will he say hi, will she smile in response, will she initiate a conversation? With Jim and the other customer urging the talkative guy to speak to the woman, he screws his courage to the sticking place as the clock ticks.

"The Ryan Interview" by Arthur Miller

Young big-city journalist Fredericka Rose is assigned to do a "puff piece" on Bob Ryan on the eve of his 100th birthday. Fredericka goes through the motions, but Ryan gradually gets to her, and changes the way she thinks about her life.

Sunday April 1 2012
"Sparks Fly"

Click titles for description of readings"Ferris Wheel" by Mary Miller

The unlikely love story of two lonely people who are forced to ride together on an old country Ferris wheel. She's afraid of heights. He's afraid to quit smoking. They are both afraid of each other.

"The Golf Ball" by Frank D. Gilroy

A group of wealthy retired men have little to do except play golf and worry about their standing among their wealthy, golf-obsessed neighbors. One of these men is George so bored with the routine that he fantasizes about committing crimes but pathetically settles for the challenge of playing 18 holes without losing his golf ball.

"The First Fireworks" by Alex Broun

Every New Year's Eve for the last twenty years Dawn has brought her daughter Helen to their own secret place high on a hill to watch the midnight fireworks. But tonight is the last time they will come. It is time for mother and daughter to say goodbye.

"Chemistry Lessons" by George Freek

A Chemistry teacher is having trouble coming to terms with his impending matrimony, when he's suddenly swept into the middle of another couple's marriage problems. Once he's proved he's not having an affair with the wife or the daughter, he still has his own fiancée to sort out.

Play readings are presented in our intimate Tobye Studio. Call our box office @ 263-7990 for tickets.

All tickets are only $10.00 and are available 30 days before each performance

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Ticket Information
Our Wednesday through Saturday performances usually start at 8 PM.
Sunday Matinees usually begin at 2 PM.

Tickets may be purchased by calling our box office at 263-7990 or online.
 
Children 18 years old or younger may obtain tickets for $10.00. Please call our  Box Office at 239-263-7990 to purchase these tickets.